A delegation workbook for anyone struggling with outsourcing or delegation.

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2. Delegation Workbook
This workbook will guide you through the process of evaluating what to delegate and how to get started
delegating that project. Then, you can use this workbook to delegate out more tasks to your team as
you grow together.
Step One: Goals
Before you can delegate anything, you need to determine the goals you have and why hiring a service
professional will help you achieve those goals.
Examples could be building a bigger list, increasing income or creating passive revenue products.
Goal #1: _____________________________________________________________________
Goal #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Goal #3: _____________________________________________________________________
Once you’ve determined those goals, I want you to then write out three steps you’d need to take to
achieve each goal. Yes, there may be many more steps than just three but let’s indentify three for each.
Goal #1: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #1: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #3: _____________________________________________________________________
Goal #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #1: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #3: _____________________________________________________________________
Goal #3: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #1: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #2: _____________________________________________________________________
Step #3: _____________________________________________________________________
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3. Step Two: Identifying Skills Needed
Looking at the steps in each of your three goals, what are the skills you need to have at your disposable
to help you achieve the end result?
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Step Three: Identifying Timelines
In order to delegate out to someone else, you need to define some timelines for your team.
On the calendar below, start by laying out the end result somewhere on the timeline. Then, backtrack
from that position and layout the steps to achieve the goal as you defined above. This is just a rough
guideline and you may add in other steps in future.
The calendar is blank at the moment to allow you to place in the dates that make most sense for the
month you are in.
MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT SUN
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4. Step Four: Communicating to Your Team Member
Now that you have this down in an organized way and you see what is most important to start on,
debrief your team member. Send them this document or, use the form below to write up a summary to
your team member.
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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening!
I am so excited! I’ve decided that our first project will be one that will help me achieve (INSERT GOAL
HERE). Here’s how we’ll do it.
I’ve indentified that in order to achieve (RE‐ENTER GOAL HERE), we’ll need to (ENTER STEPS HERE). In
order to achieve these steps, we’ll need your assistance with (ENTER THE SKILLSET THAT THEY HAVE
THAT YOU HAVE INDENTIFIED THEM HAVING).
Before we start this project, I’d love to get a feel for what you see us needing to do in order to achieve
(INSERT GOAL HERE). If you have ideas, tools or resources, I’d love to see hear about them.
Also, let’s schedule a call to discuss the project and what we need to do to get this complete. I’d like to
have the project done by (INSERT END DATE HERE) and started by (INSERT START DATE).
Thank you!
(YOUR NAME HERE)
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This template will help you communicate your goals, the steps and the skills that they have and can
bring to the project. Plus, you are letting them communicate back and give you their feedback on
reaching the goal even before you begin.
Step Five: Tracking the Project
The last step in the process is to get the above information into a project management tool like
Basecamp. This can be done yourself or by your team member. Assign to‐dos, milestones and put the
notes you’ve made above into a thread in Basecamp.
The key here is to touch base at least once a week to get a feel for where the project is and what is
coming up that may not have been foreseeable when the project first started.
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5. About Your Delegation Expert
Erin Blaskie is a born entrepreneur, yoga enthusiast and passionate
fashionista.
At the age of 21, Erin launched her very first business – Business
Services, ETC. When BSETC first launched, it was started as a virtual
assistance company – providing top notch administrative and
technical support to companies around the globe. It quickly
morphed into a multi‐VA team and took the Internet Marketing
world by storm.
At the age of 23, Erin then launched her coaching business – The VA
Coach. Through this medium, Erin coached, trained and inspired
individuals to create virtual assistance businesses and turn them into
thriving, six‐figure businesses. Erin delivered group coaching
programs which can now be purchased as self‐study programs on
her website.
After supporting entrepreneurs for over four years, Erin has now moved into her latest transformative
role. Erin is now an Internet Marketing Strategist who provides solid business savvy and Internet
Marketing advice to entrepreneurs from around the world. Erin’s clients are in all stages of business
growth – from infancy to the multi‐million dollar level – and Erin’s mission is to help her clients reach
their goals.
Using the latest technology trends and new business ideas, Erin helps her clients catapult their
businesses forward with strategy that works and her team implements the strategy into specific to‐dos,
key milestones and of course… results.
Featured in three books “Becoming an Online
Business Manager” by Tina Forsyth, “My So‐
Called Freelance Life” by Michelle Goodman,
and “The Official AWE Emerging Trends
Guide 2009“, honored as Office Arrow’s 2008
Runner‐Up Business Woman of the Year, interviewed by countless gurus and media personalities (John
Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing, Sheri McConnell, Stacy Karacostas, Gina McNew), featured in major
news publications (ABCNews.com, Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Employment
Journal) and asked to speak at major events (Forum on Virtual Assistance, WordCamp Toronto and
WordCamp Chicago) – Erin is certainly making an impact on the entrepreneurial world.
Next Steps
If you are stuck with your delegating and outsourcing, consider scheduling some coaching time with
Erin. She can help you identify the problem areas and develop a more succinct system. Learn more
here.
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